Firefox Send vs FilePizza

Firefox Send

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FilePizza

:pizza: Peer-to-peer file transfers in your browser (by kern)

File Sharing and Synchronization Distributed filesystems Peer-to-peer filesharing JavaScript WebRTC single-page-app React

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Firefox Send		FilePizza
	Project
11	Mentions	68
13,151	Stars	4,242
-	Growth	-
9.2	Activity	0.0
-	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Firefox Send

Posts with mentions or reviews of Firefox Send. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-08.

How to send password securely?
21 projects | /r/sysadmin | 8 Jan 2023

Anyone can host a Send server (usually https://github.com/timvisee/send which is a continuation of https://github.com/mozilla/send).
Peer to peer method for file transfers and messaging
2 projects | /r/PrivacyGuides | 18 Dec 2022

Send is a fork of Firefox Send that offers E2EE. I haven't personally used it myself, but it seems promising.
Software to send files and messages between PCs securely
1 project | /r/privacy | 16 Sep 2022

Firefox Send https://github.com/mozilla/send
server side AES encryption
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 14 Jun 2022
Firefox Relay
9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Nov 2021
Firefox send at send.fdab.se
1 project | /r/firefox | 14 Aug 2021

Is the instance of send at send.fdab.se an official Firefox instance? I thought Mozilla discontinued the project and the address doesn't look official, yet the website claims to be Firefox Send.
How expensive do you think it may be for a simple individual to host a Tresorit alternative?
4 projects | /r/privacytoolsIO | 5 Aug 2021

Firefox Send
DoD Safe Alternative for Non DoD Usage
2 projects | /r/homelab | 23 Jul 2021
Send: A Fork of Mozilla's Firefox Send
16 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 May 2021
Bitwarden Send - A trusted way to securely share information with anyone
5 projects | /r/firefox | 23 Mar 2021

Yes, Mozilla's Send is fully open source. I just forked it and made minor changes to keep it alive.

FilePizza

Posts with mentions or reviews of FilePizza. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-10.

LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices
35 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Mar 2024

There are a few browser based p2p file sharing tools [1] and a bunch of CLI tools out there as well for the same job.
# Browser Based
1. FilePizza https://file.pizza/
How to copy a file between devices?
32 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Feb 2024
What's the best, fastest, and free way for someone to share their 1.6 TB audiobook collection with me?
2 projects | /r/Piracy | 9 Jul 2023

alternatively, if going the p2p route, they could try something like file.pizza
CLI tools hidden in the Python standard library
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Jun 2023

FYI: you can use https://file.pizza/ for sending the file outside the network.
Alternatives to Snapdrop
5 projects | /r/selfhosted | 21 Jun 2023

FilePizza
Services for large P2P file transfers in browser?
2 projects | /r/PrivacyGuides | 27 May 2023

Maybe you can try https://file.pizza/ with Firefox?
safest way to share a document?
2 projects | /r/PrivacyGuides | 15 May 2023

Encrypted or maybe https://file.pizza/
Opinion on ownCloud and the others
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 13 May 2023

There are some DHT/WebRTC stuff like https://file.pizza/ which I should try sometime.
[Tech Support] Les meilleures méthodes pour envoyer des fichiers volumineux?
1 project | /r/enfrancais | 12 May 2023
[Privacy] Les meilleures méthodes pour envoyer des fichiers volumineux?
1 project | /r/enfrancais | 2 May 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Firefox Send and FilePizza you can also consider the following projects:

instant.io - 🚀 Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent (torrents on the web)

peerflix-server - Streaming torrent client for Node.js with web ui.

FileTea - Web-based anonymous file-sharing service

qBittorrent - qBittorrent BitTorrent client

ClearURLs-Addon - ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy.

sharedrop - Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC - inspired by Apple AirDrop

Magnetico - Autonomous (self-hosted) BitTorrent DHT search engine suite.

snapdrop - A Progressive Web App for local file sharing

send-docker-compose - :cloud: Basic Docker compose configuration for Send. https://gitlab.com/timvisee/send-docker-compose

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